NORTON RECORDS WASH-A-THON PT. 2

NORTON RECORDS WASH-A-THON #2 FINALE! Sunday November 25th BROOKLYN BOWL 61 Wythe Avenue Brooklyn, NY Telephone: 718-963-3369 4pm til Midnight! Grand finale rub-a-rub record scrub to the non-stop Killer Sounds from the Town’s Top DJs including: ANDY SHERNOFF (Dictators) JOSH STYLES (Smashed! Blocked!) GREAT GAYLORD FIELDS (WFMU) DREW REDMOND (Metropolis Vintage) more top klass spinner DJ's to be announced! Ready to tackle another load of wet wax? The fabulous Brooklyn Bowl has swung open its door and alleys for the Grand Finale Norton Records Wash-A-Thon! Last Sunday, a Norton Army assembled to wash 10,000 LP records in one eight hour marathon! Mucho thanks to the Brooklyn Bowl staff- Adam, Jessie, and the whole gang- THANK YOU ALL! Of course the rippin’, strippin’, stackin’ washin’, dryin’, sleevin’ and dryin’ was greatly accentuatin’ by the top brass DJ assemblage that kept elbows poolenty GREASY! Yes, Hurricane Sandy has precipitated a world record double barrel record washing axtravaganza that tests the mettle of our beloved vinyl format- which outlasted CD’s and tapes- and which will last us all several lifetimes. Join us at the Brooklyn Bowl as we tackle a truckload of wet wax from the label with the able stable- New York’s own NORTON RECORDS, which was totally trashed, bashed and flooded by the wrath and fury of Sandy! Get in on it as a motherlode of the nation’s top disc jockeys blast their best, while lucky YOU joins the loud crowd lathering and buffing our Sandy-soaked footlongs back into action! Free admission but B.Y.O.RG. – Bring Your Own Rubber Gloves … and rolls of hi-klass paper towels! Teams of clean freaks will work with record washers provided by the acclaimed Discwasher Company of Pittsburgh, while others will use the time tested soapy sponge method. Learn a trade! And know that you have participated in saving the wildest wax in the world. As you know, Hurricane Sandy destroyed the contents of the Red Hook based Norton Records warehouse, soaking everything within. Time is not on our side as we strip off and discard wet jackets, and wash, dry and resleeve the recordings of the Sonics, Link Wray, Hasil Adkins, Jack Starr, Bloodshot Bill, Esquerita, Daddy Long Legs, King Uszniewicz and hundreds of artists whose shouts and stomps have come into your homes and hearts via the Norton label. Kudos to the beautiful BROOKLYN BOWL for setting the pins up for the first ever NORTON RECORDS WASH-A-THON—enjoy their food, beverages, great sound system.. plus break for BOWLING after the WASH-A-THON! See you there! Limited advance copies of Norton’s upcoming releases (which were safely at the plant during the storm) will be on sale at Brooklyn Bowl. This includes KIM FOWLEY - KING OF THE CREEPS (1959-69), THE DEL-AIRES - ZOMBIE STOMP (full LP by the Horror of Party Beach Guys), four new albums in our EL PASO ROCK series and T. VALENTINE WITH DADDY LONG LEGS - THE VAMPIRE! Several new singles will also be available! Pick up a Norton bags and teeshirt, too! Sneak peak, pre-pub copies of LORD OF GARBAGE VOL. 1 (memoirs from 1939-1969) by KIM FOWLEY will be available—hot off the press at KICKS BOOKS! Norton Blog In case you can’t come by, but would still like to help, we have a donation button on our homepage: Norton Records We are now also looking for a couple of trusty interns willing to work for school credit or experience for clerical (Mac) work, inventory, library organization, website wizardry, sundry everyday tasks that are now overwhelming us at Norton HQ. If you are interested, please contact us as soon as possible. Thanks to all the Nortonians who are doing benefits and stuff! Keep up with all these romps at the Norton Records facebook page- join us there for late breakin' news! ©2012 Norton Records | Box 646 Cooper Station NY NY 10276

NORTON RECORDS DJ MARATHON WASH-A-THON!

NORTON RECORDS DJ MARATHON WASH-A-THON! 13 TOP JOCKS • 13,000 SOGGY RECORDS Sunday November 18th BROOKLYN BOWL 61 Wythe Avenue Brooklyn, NY 4pm til Midnight! FREE Hurricane Sandy may have preempted one NYC Marathon but it has precipitated another -- the world’s first ever record washing marathon! Yes, join us at the Brooklyn Bowl as we tackle a truckload of wet wax from the label with the able stable- New York’s own NORTON RECORDS, which was totally trashed, bashed and flooded by the wrath and fury of Sandy! Get in on it as thirteen of the nation’s top disc jockeys blast their best, while lucky YOU joins the loud crowd lathering and buffing our Sandy-soaked footlongs back into action! Free admission but B.Y.O.RG. – Bring Your Own Rubber Gloves … and rolls of hi-klass paper towels! Teams of clean freaks will work with record washers provided by the acclaimed Discwasher Company of Pittsburgh, while others will use the time tested soapy sponge method. Learn a trade! And know that you have participated in saving the wildest wax in the world. As you know, Hurricane Sandy destroyed the contents of the Red Hook based Norton Records warehouse, soaking everything within. Time is not on our side as we strip off and discard wet jackets, and wash, dry and resleeve the recordings of the Sonics, Link Wray, Hasil Adkins, Jack Starr, Bloodshot Bill, Esquerita, Daddy Long Legs, King Uszniewicz and hundreds of artists whose shouts and stomps have come into your homes and hearts via the Norton label. Kudos to the beautiful BROOKLYN BOWL for setting the pins up for the first ever NORTON RECORDS WASH-A-THON—enjoy their food, beverages, great sound system.. plus break for BOWLING after the WASH-A-THON! See you there! NON-STOP KILLER SOUNDS FROM THE TOWN’S TOP DJs JONATHAN TOUBIN (New York Night Train) JOSH STYLES (Smashed! Blocked!) TODD-O-PHONIC TODD (Telstar Records) REX (Fool’s Paradise, WFMU) MR. FINE WINE (Downtown Soulville, WFMU) JEFF THE CHEF (Empire State Soul Club) PHAST PHREDDIE (The Boogaloo Omnibus) DAVE THE SPAZZ (Music To Spazz By, WFMU) DEBBIE D (Rock N’ Soul Ichiban, WFMU) DREW REDMOND (Metropolis Vintage) AVI SPIVAK (Norton Records, Human Being Lawnmower) CHARLY HIMMEL (Norton Records) and very special guest… THE HOUND (Back and Better Than EVER!) Limited advance copies of Norton’s upcoming releases (which were safely at the plant during the storm) will be on sale at Brooklyn Bowl. This includes KIM FOWLEY - KING OF THE CREEPS (1959-69), THE DEL-AIRES - ZOMBIE STOMP (full LP by the Horror of Party Beach Guys), four new albums in our EL PASO ROCK series and T. VALENTINE WITH DADDY LONG LEGS - THE VAMPIRE! Several new singles will also be available! Pick up a Norton bags and teeshirt, too! Sneak peak, pre-pub copies of LORD OF GARBAGE VOL. 1 (memoirs from 1939-1969) by KIM FOWLEY will be available—hot off the press at KICKS BOOKS! In case you can’t come by, but would still like to help, we have a donation button on our homepage: Norton Records ©2012 Norton Records | Box 646 Cooper Station NY NY 10276

Norton Records VS Hurricane Sandy

NORTON RECORDS EMERGENCY UPDATE Courtesy Village Voice. Thanks to journalist Eric Davidson. Friday, November 2 Thank you again to all the volunteers who have been helpingNorton Records recover the near total destruction of our Brooklyn warehouse at the hands of Hurricane Sandy. We have been able to salvage some stock but the job is incredibly overwhelming. We will need able hands to help with the salvage effort here at Norton HQ in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. This is an indoor job, pulling records out of wet boxes, etc. If anyone has a vehicle of any sort to assist in getting wet boxes from the Red Hook warehouse to HQ in Prospect Heights, please call. No reception in Red Hook. Email is best bet atnortonrec@aol.com. Billy’s cell (917) 671-7185 and the office landline (718) 789-4438 are the best bet for phone. Don’t leave a message. Call back til you get one of us. Messages are full. Please do not respond with questions on facebook – we will not be following threads, but please repost if you can. We can use any help offered. We will give you the address. Norton asked for help through the weekend but we actually will continue to need any help that we can get throughout the upcoming week. We are working from 11AM until 11PM every day. Anything that you can do to pitch in would be most appreciated. The folks who have helped so far have been simply incredible. Friends, neighbors, Norton artists and complete strangers – we thank you all for the work, the food and snacks you brought and the much needed support you’ve all shown through this ordeal. WE WILL NOT GIVE UP ON YOU IF YOU DON'T GIVE UP ON NORTON. THAT'S A PROMISE. We have gotten messages from people who live too far to get here. Thank you. If you are in our hurricane area, please direct your efforts to helping those who you can reach. Manhattan, Brooklyn, New Jersey, Staten Island, the entire East Coast needs a neighborhood effort. Norton Artists! We are heartbroken to report all of this destruction to you. We will do everything in our power to get your records back into print as soon as humanly possible. Please believe in us 'cause we sure do believe in you as musicians, friends and superstars! STORES AND DISTRIBUTORS! WE HAVE SEVERAL NEW RELEASES WITH NOV. 13 STREET DATE THAT ARE UNHARMED AT THE PRESSING PLANT, and KICKS BOOKS HAS THE NEW HARLAN ELLISON PAPERBACK "GETTING IN THE WIND" AND THE NEW KIM FOWLEY PAPERBACK "LORD OF GARBAGE" AT THE PRINTER. EVERYTHING ROLLS OUT WITH THESE TITLES ON SCHEDULE, GIVE OR TAKE. IF YOU ORDER BACK CATALOG, PLEASE BE AWARE THAT MUCH OF IT IS TEMPORARILY UNAVAILABLE. IF YOU OWE US ON ANY INVOICES WE ASK THAT YOU DO NOT DELAY IN SENDING PAYMENT NOW IF POSSIBLE. GOD BLESS YOU. FAITHFUL NORTON CUSTOMERS! BE AWARE THAT POSTAL SERVICE HAS BEEN NON EXISTENT SINCE THhE HURRICANE HIT. WE HAVE STACKS OF ORDERS HERE WAITING FOR THE POST OFFICE TO OPEN. RECENT ORDERERS, PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THINGS WILL BE DELAYED HERE AND SOME THINGS YOU ORDERED MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. email nortonrec@aol.com Billy's cell 917 671 7185 Miriam’s cell 917 671 7884 Norton landline 718 789 4438 Norton HQ THANK YOU EVERYONE! ©2012 Norton Records | Box 646 Cooper Station NY NY 10276